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Madigan’s Plan To Add Tax On Millionaires Advances In House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The day after Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called for making Illinois’ temporary income tax increase permanent, a proposal to impose an additional tax on millionaires was sent to...
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Prosecutor: Elkhart Cops Were Justified Shooting Gunman In Supermarket Slayings
ELKHART, Ind. (CBS) – An Indiana prosecutor has decided police were justified in the fatal shooting of a young man who had killed two women at a grocery store in Elkhart in January. Shawn Walter Bair,...
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Two Men Invade Schaumburg Townhouse While Woman Is Home
play pause Police Seek Two Home Invaders WBBM Newsradio's John Cody (CBS) – Schaumburg police are looking for two men who pried their way into a woman’s apartment and left her with minor injuries....
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Rauner Camps Sends ‘Quinnochio’ Character To Mock Quinn
(CBS) – The Illinois governor’s race took an unusual turn Thursday, just one day after Gov. Quinn’s budget message. His Republican opponent opponent is using a children’s character to target the...
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Autism Activists Oppose State’s Plan To Cut Classroom Program
(CBS) – Despite the skyrocketing autism numbers, the state is getting ready to cut a program that helps children succeed in the classroom. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov takes a look at what it is and who’s...
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BP Raises Estimate Of Lake Michigan Oil Spill
WHITING, Ind. (AP) -- Oil giant BP has raised its estimate of how much crude oil spilled into Lake Michigan during a malfunction at its northwestern Indiana refinery. BP said Thursday a preliminary...
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Two Men Accused Of Stealing $20K From Ford Heights Church
(CBS) – Two men are accused of stealing government loan money intended for a south suburban Ford Heights church and allegedly spending it on themselves. One of the men, 66-year-old Allis Franklin,...
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Hidden Camera Found In Funeral Home Bathroom: Police
(CBS) – Chicago police are investigating a hidden camera reportedly found in a West Side funeral home this week. Officers were called to the mortuary, in the 5700 block of West Madison, on Monday...
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Man Charged With Murder Of Foster Mother During Domestic Disturbance
(STMW) — A South Side man has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a woman after a domestic incident in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Joshua David Brooks, 21,...
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State Demands Cash From Former DUI Offenders, Years Later
(CBS) – They admit they were driving drunk, paid their fines and thought they were done. But then they got a second notice, years later, that they owed hundreds more. Why? A computer glitch, CBS 2’s...
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Durbin, Kirk Want To Talk To BP Executives About Whiting Oil Spill
(CBS) – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin want a meeting with BP’s U.S. chief executive officer to discuss the latest spill at its Whiting, Ind., refinery. They sent a letter to BP CEO John Minge...
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Elderly Man Struck, Killed By Car On Northwest Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – An elderly man is dead after a car hit him Thursday morning in the Northwest Side Dunning neighborhood. Nicholas Marx Jr., 85, was hit at 5:50 a.m. in the 4400 block of North...
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East Dundee Considers New Fees For Video Gambling Machines
EAST DUNDEE, Ill. (STMW) – The Village Board’s decision to overturn the ban on video gambling in 2012 is proving to be a boon for both the businesses that carry the machines and northwest suburban East...
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Two Injured In Blue Island Crash
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (STMW) – Two people were injured in a single-car crash in south suburban Blue Island early Friday. About midnight, a car crashed into a pole near the intersection of Vermont and Wood...
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Man Shot In Chatham
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side Thursday night. The man, 20, was shot in the groin about 9:45 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Prairie Avenue, police News...
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Two Charged In North Lawndale Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men charged in connection with a shooting Monday night in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side have been ordered held on $250,000 bond each. Officers caught the men...
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Melrose Park Bank Robbery Suspect Charged In Roseland Murder
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side man convicted of robbing a west suburban Melrose Park bank last year has been charged with fatally stabbing a woman in Roseland the same day as the robbery. Eric...
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Jefferson Park Speed Cameras To Start Issuing Tickets
CHICAGO (STMW) – Come Sunday, Automated Speed Enforcement cameras will begin to issue speeding tickets in “Children Safety Zones” near Jefferson Park, a statement from the Chicago Department of...
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Three Aldermen Cited For Trespassing After Immigration Sit-In
CHICAGO (CBS) – Three Chicago aldermen were among 37 people issued citations at a rally and march by immigration rights activists Thursday in the south Loop. Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st), Danny Solis...
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Former Teacher Faces New Charges Of Sex With Student
ORLAND PARK, Ill. (STMW) – A former Tinley Park High School teacher accused of having sex with an underage female student is facing new charges involving the same girl. Ryan Dolan, 29, was already...
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